Her

By Serena Yang

“Her” tells multigenerational female narratives from real young women who shared their thoughts and experiences with me. They talk about their mothers, themselves, their fears, regrets, and hopes. I created a found language audio poem using their interviews to combine their voices and express a piece of what it’s like to be seventeen/eighteen and a young woman navigating changing relationships.

Process

I remembered seeing an audio spoken word memorial for Hurricane Katrina before and I wanted to use a similar medium. I used Hokusai, Hindenburg, Audacity, and a little iMovie and Canva. I’d never done any audio editing before, so I had to pick up a lot of new skills. It was surprisingly challenging to make cuts that both made sense narratively and sounded clean. Overall it was a really rewarding experience and I feel happy that I’ve picked up a new, valuable skill I can use to express myself.